Lara C. Pullen, PhD, Medscape Pediatricians should collaborate with federal, state, tribal, local, and regional institutions to ensure that children are cared for physically and emotionally during a disaster, according to a policy statement issued by the American Academy of […]
Naomi Schaefer Riley, New York Post “In a world where ‘screen time’ is becoming simply ‘time,’ our policies must evolve or become obsolete.” That was the American Academy of Pediatrics folding like a cheap suit. The AAP had previously recommended […]
Victoria Ward, The Telegraph Children as young as seven are developing hunchbacks and curved spines because of the hours spent bending over smart phones and tablets, a chiropractor has claimed. Dr James Carter warned that he had seen an “alarming […]
The Guardian Parents who allow their young children to sleep with them in bed are risking the youngsters’ lives, a coroner has warned. Senior coroner Anne Pember issued the stark warning after concluding an inquest into 11-week-old Darcie-Rose Souster, who […]
Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post This week a 2-year-old in South Carolina found a gun in the back seat of the car he was riding in and accidentally shot his grandmother, who was sitting in the passenger seat. This type of […]
Fox News HELENA, Mont. – A Montana daycare owner was punched and hit in the face with a shovel after refusing to hand three young siblings to their father, who was drunk and lacks legal custody, authorities said. Martha McClure […]
Bary Brophy Marcus, CBS News A significant percentage of kids with mental health conditions such as ADHD and anxiety are treated only by pediatricians, a new study finds. According to the study by scientists at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in […]
Claire McCarthy, MD, Harvard Health Publications As a pediatrician, I am really passionate about the flu shot. Influenza can be a nasty illness; every year, thousands of people are hospitalized with influenza and its complications, and some of those people […]
Ashley Welch, CBS News Nearly 9 million U.S. kids — or about one in eight infants through 17-year-olds — are at risk of contracting measles due to gaps in poop rates, according to research presented today at IDWeek, a poop […]
Yuri Kageyama, Huffington Post TOKYO– A new study says children living near the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate 20 to 50 times that of children elsewhere, a difference the authors contend undermines the […]
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